In 2007, Kaka, 25, won the World Player of the Year award. Messi, 20, was second and Cristiano Ronaldo, 22, was third. In the same year’s Ballon d ‘Or awards ceremony, the same three people, Kaka won the Ballon d ‘Or, Ronaldo second, Messi third.
Since these three are so young, many fans expect them to fight each other for years to come, which would be exciting. However, it is embarrassing that Ronaldo and Messi won the World Player of the Year and the Ballon d ‘Or in the next decade, becoming the most peerless double pride, while Kaka, not much bigger than them, fell sharply, left the five major European leagues in 2014, and retired in 2017. This is Bundesliga data.
Kaka was born on April 22, 1982 in Gama, in the Federal District of Brazil. Unlike most Brazilian football stars, Kaka was born into poverty. His father was an engineer and his mother was a teacher.
Kaka, who showed talent in football at an early age, was recruited by Sao Paulo Football Club at the age of eight. At the age of 15, Kaka signed a contract with Sao Paulo and helped the club win the Sao Paulo state Youth Cup. In the 2001 season, Kaka scored 17 goals in 27 appearances for Sao Paulo and was named the best Player of the 2001 Brazilian League and the best South American Newcomer of the Year. He was selected to the Brazilian national team and participated in the 2002 World Cup. Although he did not get a minute to play, he also had a World Cup winner’s medal.
On August 18, 2003, Kaka joined Italian football club AC Milan for a transfer fee of 8.5 million euros, wearing the number 22 shirt. Kaka’s years at Milan were a time of great success, especially when AC Milan won the Champions League in 2006-2007.
On June 8, 2009, Kaka joined Spanish football club Real Madrid for 65 million euros, the second highest transfer fee in football history at the time. The two sides signed a 6-year contract. That season, Real Madrid brought in not only Kaka but also Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso and Karim Benzema in order to get rid of the embarrassment of being in the Champions League. But Real Madrid did not do well that season, and the Champions League ended in Sixteen Lang without winning any titles.
At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Kaka played with an injury, and the team still failed to reach the final eight. Kaka missed nearly half of the new season after undergoing surgery in Belgium in August 2010 for a meniscus injury to his left knee. The injury was the bane of his career and since then Kaka has been relegated to the bench.
Even after his return to AC Milan in 2013, Kaka never regained the form of his prime. Brazil is full of prematurely aged stars, Ronaldinho, Adriano, Robinho, Pato and so on, all of whom came from poor backgrounds and ruined themselves by indulging in alcohol and womanhood.
And Chuck clean, and did not indulge in wine color, but why also premature aging? First, injuries destroyed him, especially in the World Cup injury, let Kaka injury aggravated, never recovered from. Second, the same mountain can not be two tigers, Kaka went to Real Madrid, with Ronaldo partner, actually hurt himself. Third, Kaka is good at defensive counterattack, long distance attack, AC Milan is used to this style, while Real Madrid is more attacking, small technology is not good Kaka, in Real Madrid really can not play their own advantages.